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    Editorial: Homeless people shouldn’t spend weeks proving they’re poor before they get an apartment

    by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2023 3 minutes
    Rosa Duran, who lived on the streets for more than three years, shows off her new apartment in PATH Metro Villas, a supportive-housing development for homeless individuals in Los Angeles.

    From Venice to downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program moved some 1,200 homeless people out of encampments into motels and hotels during her first four months in office. But only 70 people have moved from those temporary accommodations into permanent housing, Bass said recently. That’s a number she rightly finds disappointing.

    Of course, it’s not entirely surprising; Los Angeles has a crippling shortage of housing for homeless people and affordable housing in general. But the pace at which Inside Safe participants — or

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